It might soon be time to play a game on the small screen, as aSawtelevision series adaptation just might be happening. In a recent interview withDeadline, Lionsgate Television chairman Kevin Beggs spoke about the various projects the studio has in the works. While it hasn’t yet gotten the greenlight from Lionsgate, Beggs let it be known that discussions are underway to developSawas a TV series.
“We’re always exploring what we can do in television with something like theSawfranchise, so that’s a conversation,” Beggs said.
The Lionsgate TV chairman stops short of revealing any additional info, butDeadlinereports that the studio is in early talks for aSawTV series from Mark Burg and Oren Koules' Twisted Television. This follows longstanding rumors that the franchise would be making the switch from movies to television, but this is the closest the potential series has gotten to becoming a reality. It is possible that the studio will make their final decision on a greenlightdepending upon the success of Spiral: From the Book of Sawin May.
TheSawTV series isn’t yet officially a go, but Beggs says that anAmerican Psychoseries is already in the works. According to Beggs, the series is already in development, but no additional details were divulged. Released in 2000 and starringChristian Bale as serial killer Patrick Bateman, the original movie adaptation is very popular among horror fans. It remains to be seen if a new take on the cult classic will bring about similar success.
“We’ve just wrapped upDear White Peoplewhich was a really good experience,Blindspottingis coming up,American Psycho is in development,” added Beggs in theDeadlineinterview.
Created by director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell, theSawfranchise was spawned by the original movie’s release in 2004. Its story revolves aroundserial killer John Kramer, also known as the Jigsaw Killer, who forces his victims to endure horrific traps to potentially escape with their lives. The idea is that if the victims manage to survive these “games” or “tests,” they will have been rehabilitated, earning another chance to be a better person in life.
Initially, the franchise concluded withSaw 3D, the eighth installment of the franchise, in 2010. This followed a tradition of releasing new movies every year since 2004. The franchise got its first reboot in 2017 with the release ofJigsaw, directed by the Spierig Brothers and penned by Josh Stolberg and Peter Goldfinger. Stolberg and Goldfinger also penned the script for the upcoming sequel,Spiral: From the Book of Saw, which is directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. Recently, it was reported that a tenthSawmovie, tentatively dubbedSaw X, is also in the works.
Spiral: From the Book of Sawis scheduled to be released on July 19, 2025. With Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson in lead roles, the sequel follows a pair of investigators looking into a new series of killings resembling the work of the late Jigsaw Killer (Tobin Bell). This news comes to us fromDeadline.
